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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / March 2008Momma cat in distress
We took an abandon cat into our home and realized she was pregnant. She had her babies (3) about 2 and a half weeks ago. Yesterday we noticed she didn't look good. She was breathing heavy and her eyes look dialated. I thought maybe she was dehydrated and gave her some water and food. She ate a little bit of food but I had to force the water in her. Today she is hiding under the bed, not feeding the kittens and doesn't look good. I called the vet, they cannot see her until tomorrow. We live in a rural area and the vet sees large animals too. The person answering the phone could not give me any answers. We have started to feed the babies ourselves and have put a heat pad in the box under towels. They seem to be pretty content and don't appear ill in any way. I have no idea what could be wrong with the momma cat. I've never seen this before, any ideas? CALL YOUR VET BACK NOW AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE A ANIMAL IN RESPIRATORY DISTRESS DO IT NOW if your vet is out on house call take the cat to him > We took an abandon cat into our home and realized she was pregnant. She > had [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > this > before, any ideas? > CALL YOUR VET BACK NOW AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE A ANIMAL IN RESPIRATORY > DISTRESS > DO IT NOW -------- Agreed. If he doesn't do something RIGHT NOW, this cat is going to die. Soon. Best regards, ---Cindy S. > if your vet is out on house call take the cat to him > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> this >> before, any ideas? > CALL YOUR VET BACK NOW AND TELL THEM YOU HAVE A ANIMAL IN RESPIRATORY > DISTRESS > DO IT NOW She has an infection probably. Might be part of the birthing material didnt all come out and now is a systemic problem? Yes, vet NOW UPDATE: Called the vet again and the vets assistant (intern) met us. He tested her for Leukemia and Feline HIV and both were neg. She was running a temp but put up quite a fight durring the temp taking. He said her uterus is back to normal size and there is no discharge indicating an infection from the birthing process. He is keeping her tonight, putting her on fluids and will run more blood tests in the a.m.. The vet came in mid testing and felt that she could have gone into shock by not eating enough to support three nursing kittens. Kind of a septic shut down of sorts. This then brings the thyroid into play. The good news is that the kittens are doing well and they have ruled out the most contagious problems so the kittens should be fine. We'll see what the vet says in the a.m.. >We took an abandon cat into our home and realized she was pregnant. She had >her babies (3) about 2 and a half weeks ago. Yesterday we noticed she didn't [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >I have no idea what could be wrong with the momma cat. I've never seen this >before, any ideas? thank you for listening to us good luck keep us informed > UPDATE: Called the vet again and the vets assistant (intern) met us. He > tested her for Leukemia and Feline HIV and both were neg. She was running [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] >>this >>before, any ideas? > UPDATE: Called the vet again and the vets assistant (intern) met us. He > tested her for Leukemia and Feline HIV and both were neg. She was running a [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] >>I have no idea what could be wrong with the momma cat. I've never seen this >>before, any ideas? We shall send purrs that Mom Cat will returnny to good health and be able to care for her babes. You were wise to act quickly to help her. Best wishes. MLB > UPDATE: Called the vet again and the vets assistant (intern) met us. He > tested her for Leukemia and Feline HIV and both were neg. She was running [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > have ruled out the most contagious problems so the kittens should be fine. > We'll see what the vet says in the a.m.. ----- Huge sigh of relief that Momma was seen by the vet (what did you name her, BTW?). You probably saved her life. And thank you for giving us an update. Many, many hugs and purrs coming her way. Please share with us what the vet says in the morning. (And great news about the kittens too :-). Best regards, ---Cindy S. I too am glad you took immediate action to help this mom. You did the right thing! I'm glad the kittens are doing well too. Please keep updating us as you know more. >I too am glad you took immediate action to help this mom. You did the > right thing! I'm glad the kittens are doing well too. Please keep > updating us as you know more. ------- I'm hoping we will be updated soon and with good news. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >>I too am glad you took immediate action to help this mom. You did the >> right thing! I'm glad the kittens are doing well too. Please keep [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. I almost doubt it Cindy most get the info some tells us the outcome than they are gone for good or till next time >>>I too am glad you took immediate action to help this mom. You did the >>> right thing! I'm glad the kittens are doing well too. Please keep [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > I almost doubt it Cindy most get the info some tells us the outcome > than they are gone for good or till next time ---- Well, if that happens, at least we know that she was provided with medical care. We will never know how many cases have been posted here where someone asks for advice about a desperately ill cat, doesn't take the advice, and the cat dies. I've never seen anyone post "Well, I ignored your advice, and now the cat is dead, just like you predicted." So, I am so happy that this poster did take the advice, and hopefully momma will get all better, and the whole cat family will go on to live long and healthy lives. Best regards, ---Cindy S. >>>>I too am glad you took immediate action to help this mom. You did the >>>> right thing! I'm glad the kittens are doing well too. Please keep [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Best regards, > ---Cindy S. I always treat ever post as genuine till you can tell it is a troll unless someone like AR comes back and has ignored the advice give in earlier post and wants to act ignorant all over again There has been a couple of post that have come back and that they could not do what we advised and had given the cat to the shelter or the cat was put to sleep. Thats great! I was worried about something due to birthing. I assume you are with 'kitten milk' now and feeding eh? Had to do that once. Kitten became a fine big cat in time <g>.
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